Like so many, steam trains have held a nostalgic allure ever since watching the 1970 film adaptation of E. Nesbit's classic The Railway Children and no Christmas is complete in my household without it; laughing and crying alternately with Bobby and her siblings as they wave to the 9:15 to Paddington and "send their love to Father". If I wouldn't exactly call myself a trainspotter, I do relish any opportunity to hop aboard a restored Pullman carriage and thereby time travel steam-hauled. It's remarkable that it's possible to still do this and also happens to be a unique way to take in more of the varied British landscape. Steam Dreams and their London to York Christmas Market trip was the perfect occasion for heralding the start of the festive season whilst taking in one of my favourite British cities, an appropriate destination to arrive at via steam train due to the city being home to the National Railway Museum where they have a collection of over 100 im
From the archive: The failure of Bricklayers Arms as a passenger station railpage.com.au - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from railpage.com.au Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The fascinating story of the failed station, on the world's first line to be controlled by a signal box, by Canon Reginald B. Fellows. Originally publi .